Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Paul Business Journal reporting on retail and restaurants before I started my career at Life Time in May 2018. I really appreciated my time in radio and print journalism. Of course, being exposed to so many local business leaders during my time at the Business Journal was a blessing. I did– and it is epic! ).

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PRSay

APRIL 9, 2021

Mackenzie Nestor, an agency pro in Indiana, was reaching out to a Wall Street Journal writer. The Journal reporter responded and respectfully demurred on the suggestions Mackenzie had made but honored her homework by explaining what he did in fact need that week. The results?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I began my journalism career in 2014 as an intern at Automotive News. Media training with clients – or even a simple interruption to bring them back to focus—would be so helpful. Every good story must have tension, conflict or some sort of ‘a-ha’ factor.

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Ishmael's Corner

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Publications Continue to Characterize Brand Journalism as “The Devil Wears a Keyboard :” If one believes the FT, brand journalism is ruining Western civilization. Even without media training, she acquitted herself quite well though we don’t plan to diversify into food PR. Spoiler alert: The tension dissipates.

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wiredPRworks

MAY 6, 2020

Get media training before you go live on radio or video. As a former broadcast journalist, Amy leverages her media insider insights to empower the people and organizations she works to gain top tier exposure in outlets ranging from The Today Show, to The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Giveback stories are good.

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PRSay

APRIL 2, 2020

But it’s the new reality as the journalism industry is sending reporters, producers, anchors and editors home to report on the COVID-19 pandemic in real-time. Who would have thought that TV newscasts would be produced from a kitchen table or living rooms transformed into makeshift studios for anchors to broadcast from inside their homes?

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PRSay

MARCH 18, 2020

At MediaSource, we’ve been speaking with our key media contacts to keep a pulse on what’s happening in newsrooms, and speaking regularly with our partners in journalism. To help your team, we’re sharing our approach, which is based on experience and feedback from our long-term media relationships.

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PRSay

AUGUST 15, 2018

like a Wall Street Journal reporter I used to pitch). And of course, the best time of day to pitch varies widely depending on the type of media you’re pitching. One reporter might check email religiously at 8 a.m. but never after 5 p.m. like the USA Today reporter I spoke with).

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PR for Anyone

JULY 28, 2022

Here are 5 stories you could pitch to various media publications, all highlighting your expertise but tailored to the unique media outlet. Wall Street Journal – Reduce Stress at Work. You can see how I used stress as a topic for every pitch, but it works specifically for that media outlet.

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Landis PR

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Media train and test new spokespersons. The rise of “good news journalism” presents another opportunity for media outreach. What works and what doesn’t varies by brand/client/organization. Now is the time to experiment. Beta test an app. Get more active on a social network. Create video content with a point of view.

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Barokas

DECEMBER 5, 2019

If your spokesperson has completed media training, but still struggles to keep reporters engaged or tell the brand story in a way that resonates, don’t be afraid to find someone else to step in. A charismatic, media-darling mid-level exec is better than a guarded or overworked CEO any day. Are your spokespeople working?

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Just ask Reed Pence, host and producer of the award-winning national radio magazine Radio Health Journal. “An Being able to anticipate a story helps put me on equal footing with media that have much quicker turnaround times and allows me to be more current.”.

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Mora Communications

MAY 15, 2017

For over 15 years Ann has prepared top professionals to appear on CNN, Oprah, Fx News, 60 Minutes, The Wall Street Journal, and numerous other outlets. Her media training evolved into Speak Your Business, a company that is out to revolutionize the way business owners communicate. s Silicon Beach community. .

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Rock the Status Quo

DECEMBER 11, 2014

After all, media relationships are a major part of the value we bring, no matter how many clients come and go. Mine actually happened this year, when I lost a great Wall Street Journal opportunity for legal reasons. What’s your favorite story of a great placement you’ve landed that blew up? It was very disappointing!

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 11, 2012

Invest in getting your spokesperson(s) media trained. Getting media trained helps you stay on message and bridge back to you talking points without sounding like a robot or some disingenuous suit – a *big* problem to avoid when you’re in crisis mode. So Your Spokesperson Flew the Coop…

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Barokas

JANUARY 9, 2019

But if your spokesperson has gone through media training and is still struggling to keep reporters engaged or tell the brand story in a way that resonates, don’t be afraid to find someone else to step in. A charismatic, media-darling mid-level exec is better than a guarded or overworked CEO any day. Keep her in the limelight.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

media train and coach spokespersons. He lives in Dallas with his wife, Rhonda, and has a strong track record in media communications, both “old” and “new,” with organizations such as Vonage and the Wall Street Journal Online. Among other things, we: work with executives to help navigate crisis situations. postlink%%.

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The Hoffman Agency

AUGUST 12, 2019

Kara further proved Bloomberg to be an incubator of diversity by sharing some other initiatives, such as providing minority students with financial journalism lessons and developing young women reporters. This effort aims to combat the “drop off” trend that is sometimes seen after their sixth or seventh year in the industry. .

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Bad Pitch Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

I have secured placements and features for clients with national and international broadcast media that includes CNN, Bloomberg News, New York Times , Hustler (kidding) and Wall Street Journal … ? Has integrated nascent types of media into PR campaigns” ? Jacobsen, LUV2XLPR’s Drill Sergeant @susanejacobsen @badpitch.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Media relations hinges on the relationships that we create and maintain with the press. We have to know what journalists need and how to avoid behaviors that hurt PR reputations in newsrooms. After being a professional journalist for more than four years, I recently left the field to pursue a career in public relations.

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Mindful Marketing

APRIL 18, 2016

PR pros can pitch some media, engage on social and write some pretty creative content, but at the end of the day you’ve got to give them some fodder to work with as well. Listen to what your PR team is telling you they need: stats and data, customers to speak to, trained spokespersons (or let them provide you with media training), etc.

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Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 12, 2017

It provides communications strategists a roadmap for the manipulation of a pliable public that historically has placed its trust in quality journalism but no longer does. It has transcended the training of spokespersons to bridge away from reporters’ prickly questions. When Journalism Fails to Deliver (May 2016).

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